The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-26

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THE UNITED LABOR PARTY
Gall a Convention-G q George's Land Bcheme
.l&{ Endorsed. NJ
SYRACUSE, N. Y, May GA call for a
State convention Of tho United Labor
party, to be held in this city on August
18th, has been issued. 4
Tho ratio Of representation is three dale.
gates md three alternates from each As.
sembly district, and ono delegate from
each Land and Labor club In distrlcts
where there are no Assembly distric. or.
ganjza.ion. 315FSi !, 57S' = Z Z
The purpose Of tho convention 10 to
nominate such officers rs are 10 be voted
for at the November election. Following
Ia the call: Q5III IIII6} Tl17's,l1 . .
&"We see that the few who control the
natura. ,elements OF production-t
mines, tho building Rites OF cities. tho ar.
able and forest lands, etc.--by taking nd.
vantage OF tho competition among men
who without access Of these natural tle-
ments cannot live. are enabled to lay tax.
es upon bath labor and capital to the full
limit Of their endurance. We see access
to farming land denied to labor, except on
paymOnt Of exorbitaut rent or the accept
anco Of mortgage burdens, mud labor, thus
forbidden to employ itsslf, driven into the
cltiee. We gee the wago.workers OF the
cities aubj bjecsed 10 tlia unnatural compe-
titton, aud forced to pay an exorbitant
ahare Of thsir scsnty earnings Tor cramped
and unhealthiul lodgings. We Gee the
same intenne competition condemning the
great ma sjority Of business and profession.
st men to q bitter and often uuavsiliug
struggle to avoid bankruptcy, and that,
while the price OF all that labor produces
ever falls the price OF land ever risea.
I'VE trace these evils 10 fundamental
wyong-the making oil the land on which
oil must live the exclusive properly Of but
q portion Of the community. 10 this de-
nial OF natural rights are due want Of en-.
ployment, low wages, buainess depressions,
TINT intense competition which makes it
so difficult for the majority Of men to got
o comfortable living, and thGt wrongful
distribution OF wealth which Is producing
the millionaire on ono side and the tramp
on the other. 'fH
ITO give all men AL interest in the land
OF their country; to euable all to share in
the benefits oil social growth and improve.
ment; 10 prevent the shutting out OF
labor from employment by the monopo.
!fzation of natural opportunities; to do
away with tho one.sided competition
which cuts down wages to starvation
rates; to restore life to business and pro.
vent periodical depressions; to do away
with that monEtrous injustice which de-
ptives producera Of the fruits OF their toll
while idlers grow rich; to prevent the
conflicts which are arraying claes against
class, snd which arc fraught with mena-
cling dangers to society, We propose so 10
change the existing system OF taxation
that no ons will bA taxed on the wealth
he produces, nor any ono suffer to appro.
Pirate wealth be does not produce by TAX
ing to himself the increased value which
the growth ofBociety adds to land.
what we propose is not the disturbing
Of any man in his holding OF title, but bY
abolishipg all taxes on industry or Its pro-
dncls to leave the producer the full fruits
OF bis exsrtion, and by the taxation Of
land values, exclusive Of improvements, to
devote to common uses these values which
arising not from the exertiou Of the in
dividal, but from the growth Of society,
belong Just to the community as whole.
This increased taxation of land, not &C.
cording to ite area, but according to its
value, must, while relieving the working
farmer and email homestead owner Of the
undue burdens now imposed upon them,
mako 1t Improbable to hold land for
speculation, and thus throw open abund-
ant opportunities for the employment OF
labor and the building up of homes.
I'VE #onld do away with the present
unjues and wasteful system Of finance
which piles up hundreds OF millions of
dollars In treasury vaults while we are
paying interest on an enormous debt; and
We would establish in its stead none.
tary System in which legal tender circu-
lat'Dg medium should be Issued by tha
Government without the Intervention OF
banks. 't
"We wish to aboliah the present un Just
and wasteful System Of ownership OF rail-
roads aud telegraphs by private corpora
tions. a system which, while falling ade-
9uately to supply public needs, impovsr-
ishes the farmer, oppreases the manufac.
tu.er, hampers the merchant, impedea
travel aud communication, and builds up
enormous fortunes and corrupting monop.
olles that are becoming more powerful
than the Government itself. For this
Hyatem We would substitute that Of Gov
ernment ownership and control, for the
benefit Of the whole people instead Of pri.
Yate profit. ~.
"Sincs the ballot is the only means By
which in our republic the redress OF polit-
ica! and social grievances is to be sought,
we especially call for such changes in our
elective aud political snethods as shsll do
away with that necessity for the use OF
money in elections which haa made both
OF the old political organizations mere
aucsioueers' stands for the sale Of nomin-
a.iona to the highest bidders and has rem.
tered political Office inaccessible except to
the wealthy and unscrupulous.
We denonncs the Democratic aud Re.
publican parties es hopelessly and shame
lessly corrupt, and, by reason Of their af-
tiliation with moporoliea, equally un-
worthy OF the sufrages Of those who do
not live OF public pluuder; VIC therefore
require OF these who would act with US
that they sever all connection with both,
and insist that no candidate nor person
acting Tor eny candidate tc-be nominated
by 10 shall make any combination with
any other party. their candidates or those
acling for them" ... g.. S.
" ~ BUILDERS ACTION
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